Journal metrics

Journal-level metrics

The following metrics are generated by external organizations to measure this journal's influence within the research community. It is important to interpret these figures with an understanding of how they are calculated.

  • SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.434 

SCImago Journal Rank measures weighted citations received by the serial. Citation weighting depends on subject field and prestige (SJR) of the citing serial.

  • Source Normalized Impact Per Paper (SNIP): 0.715

Source Normalized Impact per Paper measures actual citations received relative to citations expected for the serial’s subject field.

  • CiteScore: 2.3

CiteScore measures average citations received per document published in the serial.

  • Rank within the category: Social Sciences - Sociology and Political Science

Quartile: Q2

A Q2 journal ranking means a journal falls into the second quartile (25th to 50th percentile) of journals within its specific subject category, indicating solid impact and visibility, positioned between the highly selective Q1 journals and the moderately impactful Q3/Q4 journals.

 

Peer review and production timeline

  • There is an average period of 40 weeks* between submission and publication of an article.

*medium number of days